лъг

Bulgarian

крайречен лъг

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lǫgъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɫɤk]

Noun

лъг • (lǎg) m (relational adjective лъ́гов or лъ́жен) (dialectal)

1. grove, wood, hurst (place overgrown with vegetation)
2. (by extension) thicket, shrubbery

Declension

Declension of лъг

	singular	plural
indefinite	лъг lǎg	лъ́гове, лъ́зе1 lǎ́gove, lǎ́ze1
definite (subject form)	лъ́гът lǎ́gǎt	лъ́говете, лъ́зете1 lǎ́govete, lǎ́zete1
definite (object form)	лъ́га lǎ́ga
count form	—	лъ́га lǎ́ga

¹Rare.

Alternative forms

• лаг (lag), луг (lug) — with dialectal reflexes of Proto-Slavic *-ǫ-

Derived terms

nouns

• лужни́к (lužník) (type of oak)
• лъга́к (lǎgák)
• лъго́вица (lǎgóvica) (dialectal)
• (augmentative) лъго́вище (lǎgóvište)
• (augmentative) лъжина́ (lǎžiná)

 

toponyms

• Лонга (Longa)
• Лъговете (Lǎgovete)
• Лъжата (Lǎžata)

 

References

• “лъг”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “лѫгъ (мн. лѫ́гове и лѫ́жѥ)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 38
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лъг”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 536
• “лѫгъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024